expertreviews.co.uk Updated:
2013-03-01 03:29:44
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External hard disks are usually used to back up local data, from pictures and videos to game saves and important documents, but with its latest drive Seagate has addressed the fact that more people are storing important information on social networks l...
Not particularly quick, but an easy way to back up both local and social networking data...
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Cloud this, cloud that, if it’s not in the cloud these days, well, that’s bad news isn’t it? Of course, local storage can’t really be in the cloud, and we’re a while off replacing all our hard drives with a direct line to a server on the internet. Sea...
Fast, light and reasonably compact...
Software is a bit of a letdown, downloaded images are too small...
If you want a USB 3 hard drive that performs well, is nice and light and stylish and has reasonable capacity, then this is the drive. While we like the cloud backup and download, we don't think Seagate has built its software well enough...
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Somehow, Seagate has managed to simplify the external hard drive while adding new features and functions. The Backup Plus Portable can be used with PC or Mac without reformatting and requires no extra fiddling to get it going – you just plug it into yo...
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There's a lot to like about Seagate's Backup Plus portable hard drive. It's light and shiny, and comes in four metallic colours. Seagate's USM (formerly GoFlex) system means you can remove the USB 3.0 connector and replace it with FireWire 800 or Thunderb...
Very simple to use, Back up social media, Good value for money...
Missing Protect feature...
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Backup Plus is the latest version of Seagate’s venerable GoFlex series of external hard disks. It has the same swappable connector which lets you replace the USB3 interface with a FireWire, eSATA or Thunderbolt one, but the real change is in the bundled s...
The Facebook integration's nice, but the fast performance and low cost are even better...
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The Seagate Backup Plus Portable Drive is a 2.5in hard drive-based external storage device that can be used as a backup drive not only for your computer, but also for photos that you have uploaded to your Facebook and Flickr accounts. It's the latter f...
Quick performance, Easy to use, Changeable interface...
The Dashboard software interface needs some work, Facebook and Flickr uploads failed, Flickr backups restricted to the 'large' photo size...
The Seagate Backup Plus Portable Drive comes with software that can backup your Facebook and Flickr photos in addition to your computer's data. However, the implementation of that feature could be better and some other aspects of the software need to be w...
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At first glance, Seagate’s new Backup Plus drive might seem to be primarily intended for PCs, rather than Macs. It’s equipped with a USB 3 interface, and is formatted in the Windows NTFS format. However, Seagate has done a good job of making sure that...
Slim, light and fast portable drive, with good Mac software support...
Pre-formatted as NTFS, Firewire adaptor costs extra...
It's hard to make any hard disk stand out from the crowd these days, but the Backup Plus provides fast, efficient storage for Macs and PCs, along with useful software that keeps your photos safe even if you upload them onto Facebook straight from your pho...
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channelnews.com.au Updated:
2013-05-25 12:12:13
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Seagate's new drive speaks social network fluently, but is this a worthy additive or another empty sales promise?...
Very easy to use software Backs up social network data 1 year free cloud storage...
Bland looks...
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smarthouse.com.au Updated:
2013-05-25 12:12:13
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Far too often, someone's notebook gets nicked and you hear the phrase "I don't care about the computer; it's the data I'll miss." But the laboured hours don't have to go to waste thanks to portable hard drives and cloud storage solutions. Entering this de...
Very easy to use software Backs up social network data 1 year free cloud storage...
Bland looks...
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resellernews.co.nz Updated:
2013-06-15 21:50:45
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Somehow, Seagate has managed to simplify the external hard drive while adding new features and functions. The Backup Plus Portable can be used with PC or Mac without reformatting and requires no extra fiddling to get it going – you just plug it into y...
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The Seagate Backup Plus is a quick and easy back-up system. Available in 500GB, 750GB and 1TB versions it supplied with Dashboard software which is designed to be simple to use as well as supporting social networks. It supports USB3.0 for high speed da...
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apcmag.com Updated:
2014-03-20 02:26:24
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As with its 500GB counterpart reviewed in the affordable portable section, there's a tremendous amount to like about the new line of Seagate Backup Plus drives. We're talking gr...
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techradar.com/au/ Updated:
2014-04-13 02:39:45
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There's a lot to like about Seagate's Backup Plus portable hard drive. It's light and shiny, and comes in four metallic colours.Seagate's USM (formerly GoFlex) system means you can remove the USB 3.0 connector and replace it with FireWire 800 or Thunderbo...
Very simple to use, Back up social media, Good value for money...
Missing Protect feature...
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Seagate released their Backup Plus Slim Portable Drive a while ago, but it is still a very valid product and one that shouldn't be missed. Today I'm taking a closer look at the blue colored version of the Backup Plus Slim Portable Drive with a capacity of...
Good Performance, Sleek and Durable metal enclosure, Light, small, and portable, Good package with 2-year OneDrive cloud service, Prices similar to internal drives, Four colours...
The drive gets a little slower as it fills with data, “The Seagate Backup Plus Slim Portable Drive is an affordable yet great performing and durable drive with a lot of included bonuses. If you need a drive for backup or portability, this is a great choic...
Seagate has created a great drive and calling it the Backup Plus Slim Portable Drive and next to the 2TB version that we're testing today, it's also available as 500GB and 1TB version.The drive is well designed and looks gorgeous, and it is available in f...
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play3r.net Updated:
2015-10-01 06:23:25
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Seagate has been a global leader in data storage solutions for a many of year now. Over time, they have been able to meet demands for better, bigger and more reliable storage solutions and have done a great job at staying ahead of the curve. Seagate has a...
The Seagate Backup Plus drive definitely looks the part and when considering it comes in multiple sizes and colours, users should be able to find one to fit their exact needs. With backing up information being a critical process, will the Seagate Backup P...
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smartoffice.com.au Updated:
2015-12-05 08:05:40
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Far too often, someone's notebook gets nicked and you hear the phrase "I don't care about the computer; it's the data I'll miss." But the laboured hours don't have to go to waste thanks to portable hard drives and cloud storage solutions. Entering this de...
Very easy to use software Backs up social network data 1 year free cloud storage...
Bland looks...
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pinoyunboxing.com Updated:
2016-11-21 01:42:33
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Guys, let me introduce the Seagate Back Up Plus 1Tb. It comes with a dashboard which makes it interesting to use and promises free 1 year Cloud Storage. The transfer speed is also superb at 5Gb/s(10x faster than USB 2.0) with increased bandwidth as it use...
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chip.com.my Updated:
2016-11-21 01:42:33
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By definition of “More”, most external HDD makers simply content themselves by offering larger storage space. In the case of the Seagate Backup Plus Portable, however, “More” here is defined by the generous amount of connectivity options as well as featur...
Good transfer speeds, Cool backup features, USB 3.0, Thunderbolt, FireWire support...
Chassis feels plasticky, Thunderbolt and FireWire is optional...
The Seagate Backup Plus Portable is a hefty drive, not just in terms of storage space, but really the amount of connectivity options and backup features that come with it. USB 3.0, FireWire and Thunderbolt support is great to have, while the social netwo...
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Seagate recently refreshed their lineup of external hard drives by introducing the new Backup Plus. These new drives are meant to replace the older GoFlex drives and as befits a new series, they boast some interesting new features.With the new drives, Sea...
Back Ups Have Never Been EasierThe new Backup Plus portable drive is an accomplished portable hard drive. The new Dashboard application makes it extremely easy to backup your content and the ability to automatically download and backup your photos and vid...
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technoodling.net Updated:
2016-11-21 01:42:33
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I keep a good collection of external drives with me.I've got three big ones on my main system (one on regular USB 2.o for a Time Machine backup, one on FireWire 800 for my old, archived data and another on Thunderbolt for the newer stuff), one on my MacBo...
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pcauthority.com.au Updated:
2017-04-08 06:01:39
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Storage has come along in leaps and bounds in the last couple of years. It wasn't too long ago that large capacity portable drives were huge, slow and required external power. That's definitely not the case with the Backup Plus 5TB drive. It only measur...
"The Seagate Backup Plus is a good, affordable and fast external drive."...
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Working on the amount of projects that I do (humblebrag), I need to make back-ups of my work on a regular basis just incase anything bad happens. To assist with this, Ebuyer sent us a Seagate Backup Plus 1TB, so let's put it to the test!The Seagate Backu...
Overall, the Seagate Backup Plus 1TB is a viable backup solution at a price point of approximately £55. The device itself is very compact and lightweight but still feels like a well built, solid unit. Due to its USB 3.0 connectivity, it ensures transfers...
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IDGAll things being otherwise equal, 5TB of capacity is better than 4TB. Things aren't entirely equal in this case, but close enough that the $140 Seagate Backup Plus 5TB 2.5-inch USB 3.0 hard drive is a tempting product. I don't want to let it go, and I...
How can you not like a drive the fits in your pocket (at least your larger pockets) and holds 5TB of data? I can't, and I'm betting you can't either, though you could get away a bit cheaper with WD's 4TB My Passport. Note also that Seagate's $220 Backup P...
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What do you want from your portable hard drive? I want capacity and speed, preferably at a reasonable price. A solid state drive gives speed, but for high capacities the prices tend to be not so reasonable. Which brings us back to the venerable hard drive...
Enormous capacity, high read and write speeds...
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Decades ago I re-wrote a small program in assembler because I resented the couple of seconds the computer took to read from a floppy disk the 11 kilobytes of the version compiled from Pascal. That disc had a 160KB capacity. How things have changed!If you...
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IDGAll things being otherwise equal, 5TB of capacity is better than 4TB. Things aren't entirely equal in this case, but close enough that the $140 Seagate Backup Plus 5TB 2.5-inch USB 3.0 hard drive is a tempting product. I don't want to let it go, and I...
How can you not like a drive the fits in your pocket (at least your larger pockets) and holds 5TB of data? I can't, and I'm betting you can't either, though you could get away a bit cheaper with WD's 4TB My Passport. Note also that Seagate's $220 Backup P...
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itreviews.com Updated:
2018-05-09 09:58:25
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We’ve repeatedly said that the best backup is the one you use. The Seagate Backup Plus Portable Drive for Mac (1TB) ($129 list) is a prime choice for the Mac user. It is fastest when copying files, which defines the backup process. Take it out of the box...
The Seagate Backup Plus Portable for Mac Fits Time Machine to a T...
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Seagate has discontinued its Thunderbolt-enabled GoFlex Portable drives in favour of the new Backup Plus with interchangeable connectors.The Portable comes with a USB 3.0 connector which can be detached (exposing SATA data and power connectors) and swa...
Fast; optional adaptors...
Bulky Thunderbolt adaptor, $139 (500GB); $189 (1TB); $129 (GoFlex Thunderbolt adaptor)...
This Seagate offers both the backwards compatibility of Firewire 800 and the future-proofing of Thunderbolt, without the need to spend the extra cash until such time as you need the extra functionality. This kind of flexibility makes it the pick of th...
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As time goes by, it seems like we always need more storage. Even a 128GB phone will fill up with files eventually, and for many, those files are photos and videos that can't be easily replaced. The 4TB Seagate Backup Plus Portable Drive ($149.99) has the...
Large storage capacity, NTFS driver for Mac included, Seagate Lyve app creates network-attached storage (NAS)-like capability, Includes 200GB of OneDrive cloud storage for 2 years...
Case lacks rubber feet...
The Seagate Backup Plus Portable Drive gives you 4 terabytes of speedy storage you can take with you, as well as a personal cloud, all for a very reasonable price...
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